https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/jcb/issue/view/713/221
Did Canada Save British Baseball?
Did Canada Save British Baseball?
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| 1894 Middlesborough |
https://www.projectcobb.org.uk/professionals.html
List of North American pros to play in England.
https://www.projectcobb.org.uk/top-tier_stats.html
Roland Gladu led the London Major League with a .565 average in 1937. John Devey of Aston Villa led in average (.428) and wins (13) in 1890.
https://www.projectcobb.org.uk/materials.html
Some really good stuff - 1930s progammes - etc.
Progamme for 198th Battalion v. Epsom Hospital, 1917
https://www.projectcobb.org.uk/ebooks/WatV.pdf Book on 1890 league.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry_Nieuwenhuys played for Hurst Hawks in 1930s along with two other Liverpool teammates.
1874-8-25 St. Louis paper quotes Manchester Guardian describing baseball as formidable rival to cricket.
1874-8-25 St. Louis paper quotes Manchester Guardian describing baseball as formidable rival to cricket.
British Baseball Association
1906
1911
(1906-7-06 Fulham and Hammersmith Chronicle. Spurs 14, Fulham 12. Jarman described as excellent pitcher.
1906-7-28 Observer. Leyton 11, Fulham 4. Described as best game of season.
Tottenham Hotspur 24, Clapham Orient 12.
1906-8-25 Daily Mirror. Final to be played today.
1906-8-25 Daily Mirror. Tottenham Hotspur 16, Nondescripts 5. 2.5K ATT. William Jarman with Spurs.
1911-7-29 Daily Telegraph. Leyton 11, Tufnell Park 1.
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| 1906 BBA final standings |
London Major League
1936
1937
1936-3-16 Evening Express. Three Canadian stars have arrived - Roland Gladu, Jerry Strong (Montreal Royals pitcher), and George S. Etheze (French-Canadian catcher who played for the Ottawa Crains in the St. Lawrence League.)
(1936-5-17 Sunday Dispatch. Standings, commentary. Roland Gladu, returning from a broken nose and the flu, homered. Jerry Strong played.
Scores from other leagues.
(1937-7-18 Sunday Mirror. Gladu, West Ham captained, homered and struck out nine.
Yorkshire League
Yorkshire League
1937
(1937-8-17 Hull Daily Mail.
https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date-end=1937&date-start=1936&keyword=gladu®ion=gb-eng
https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?date-end=1937&date-start=1936&keyword=gladu®ion=gb-eng
Canadian Army
https://sabr.org/journal/article/batted-balls-and-bayonets-baseball-and-the-canadian-expeditionary-force-1914-1918/
https://sabr.org/journal/article/batted-balls-and-bayonets-baseball-and-the-canadian-expeditionary-force-1914-1918/
Canadian Baseball Championship in England.
1917-10-20 Football Post. 101 teams from seven areas competed.
1917-10-03 Surrey. Epsom Hospital 7, 13th Reserve Canadian Battalion. Epsom Hospital were winners of the London area, and the Battalion were winners of the Seaford and Shoreham area. 300-400 ATT. 1st baseball game at the Guildford Sports Ground. Lists run scorers and lineups.
1917-10-10 Football Post. Canadian Buffs 4, Epsom Hospital 1. 4-5K ATT.
1917-10-13 Surrey. Epsom Hospital 7, Canadian Buffs 1. Very brief summary.
1917-10-13Sunday Mirror. Pics.
Canadian Buffs = 198th Battalion.
1917-10-31 Toronto Star. Very good. Gives rosters of Epsom and Canadian Buffs teams, listing their baseball experience in Canada. Toronto and Nova Scotia players.
Did Canada Save British Baseball?
Fn. 22: "The roster of the Fort Garry Horses in 1915 reads like a who's who of Winnipeg Senior League baseball, for example."
Carl Henry Blackadar
Did Canada Save British Baseball?
Fn. 22: "The roster of the Fort Garry Horses in 1915 reads like a who's who of Winnipeg Senior League baseball, for example."
Carl Henry Blackadar
https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/record/results?q.givenName=carl&q.surname=blackadar
https://canadiangreatwarproject.com/person.php?pid=149517
Born 1885-11-30. Has 1915 paper when he enlisted. President address in Vancouver. Is a locomotive fireman. Is married. Is 5'6". Dark complexion - brown eyes - dark hair.
1911-4-06 Vancouver. Came down from Juneau Alaska - spent a week here - left for Seattle, where he will visit relatives before being returning here.
https://canadiangreatwarproject.com/person.php?pid=149517
Born 1885-11-30. Has 1915 paper when he enlisted. President address in Vancouver. Is a locomotive fireman. Is married. Is 5'6". Dark complexion - brown eyes - dark hair.
1911-4-06 Vancouver. Came down from Juneau Alaska - spent a week here - left for Seattle, where he will visit relatives before being returning here.
1915-4-28 Vancouver. Auto baseball umpire?
1915-5-02 Vancouver. Captain of Vancouver Automatic Baseball team. Will journey to Bellingham to play Bay City quintette.
1915-12-02 St. John Telegraph-Journal. With the First Canadian Pioneer Corps. His father was an alderman in this city. Has lived in Seattle for the past few years - went to Vancouver to enlist.
1918-5-18 Seattle Cayton's Weekly. Dottie Blackadar has filed divorce against him for desertion.
1919-6-04 St. John Standard. Tells of his successes as sergeant in economy. Saved huge amount of money by salvaging table scraps. Badly injured at Ypres. Has been in Canada since February. Has not been in St. John in eighteen years. On tour of inspection of maritime provinces.
1920-4-24 Vancouver Province. Has spent a few days with his mother, Mrs. A. Blackadar of Portland OR.
1920-5-04 St. John Standard. Received welcome - passed thru city yesterday in route to Halifax, where he will receive his discharge after five years of service.
Was conducting a mercantile establishment in Vancouver at the outbreak of war. Since the armistice has been engaged in repatriating coolies to their homeland.
1926-4-01 Halifax. Wife died.
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Roland-Gladu/
Cites two books - British Baseball and the West Ham Club (2007) - Josh Chetwynd and Brian A. Bolton.
The Blokes of Baseball - Harvey Sahker.
British Baseball and the West Ham Club (2007) Review - focuses especially on London Major League 1936-1937. Sounds good.
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/Roland-Gladu/
Cites two books - British Baseball and the West Ham Club (2007) - Josh Chetwynd and Brian A. Bolton.
The Blokes of Baseball - Harvey Sahker.
British Baseball and the West Ham Club (2007) Review - focuses especially on London Major League 1936-1937. Sounds good.
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